Drive-thru robberies trouble workers

Police confirm six incidents in Chillicothe since late May

1:21 AM,
Jul. 10, 2013

James Woodgeard waits on customers Tuesday at Amber's Drive-Thru on Western Avenue in Chillicothe. Amber's Drive-Thru is one of five businesses that have been hit in a spree of robberies in the past two weeks.

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Jonda Curtis is a little concerned about the recent uptick in armed robberies, but she's been able to thwart two would-be robbers in the past.

Curtis works at the Super Expressway Drive-Thru, which is one of the five locations involved with six store robberies reported to Chillicothe police since May 23. She's been working at the North High Street drive-thru since early spring, but previously she had worked at the business for six years.

During her first stint at the drive-thru, Curtis said two men attempted to rob her in separate incidents - one had a knife and the other had a gun. She said she ...